Happier Music Teacher

Curious about taking a step back from social media? Here are my thoughts on breaking up with Facebook (why can't I be on decent social media?) for a month.  From abstinence to posting for validation to addiction, I speak freely about my month.

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Bonus tip for this episode: Your email signature can be a powerful way to celebrate.  Don't forget to add things like your grant award button, teaching awards and/or NAFME Best Community in Music Education status.  This is a simple way to let everyone you communicate with via email about some of the wonderful work you are doing professionally.

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Before social media, a poster, a press release to the local paper and a guest appearance on the announcements were the main methods of promoting your program.  The good news and bad news about this digital age is that there are many more methods available.  Discover what methods are the best fit for you and your program and how to work them into the natural rhythms of your year.

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When you want all the best music education instruments and supplies for your students, grants can be a wonderful way to stretch your budget.  They can be a bigger blessing when you've thoughtfully decided what you have room in your curriculum and storage closet for. 

If you are traveling to TMEA, have a wonderful time!  Don't forget to visit Kristin Behlmann, F-Flat Books and Musicplay while you are there.  Also, Stephanie Leavell and David Row are not to be missed.  Sounds like a great year!

Are you and your teaching feeling uninspired and stale lately?  Are your lessons fine but you and your students aren't engaged or excited?  Here are my best easy, inexpensive and fast ways to energize your lessons again during a season that can feel like one long indoor recess.

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Early in the semester but feeling burnout?  You deserve to feel good!  Here are some hacks to implement today to help.  Cheers to being a happier music teacher at home and at school!

There is a lot of talk about teacher burnout going around social media.  How do we fight it so we can teach music with longevity and joy?  Tune in next week for part 2 in this series.

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Sometimes one of our biggest stressors happens before we even leave our home.  Getting ready!  Here are some tips and tricks from a pretty decidely low maintenance music teacher to help you get out the door with less stress.

Six days in to the new year and already feeling overwhelmed and behind at home and at school?  Let's start with mindset shifts and achievable action steps.  Relax, friend, it does not all have to be done at once.

Look soon for a two part interview with Debbie O'Shea of Crescendo Music Education about her new book!

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Do nothing for a week!  Clean and organize your home before the start of the new year!  Our culture gives us so many conflicting messages during this time we are fortunate to have off.  Let's say no to the extremes but yes to journaling and reflection about 2025 so we can enter 2026 with kindness and clarity.

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